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Gerard's methods for the operation were renting babies from female employees who were involved in the ring's operations, and then using them and the parents to smuggle the drugs back from Mexico in cans of baby formula to sell. When the maid of one of the employees unwittingly borrowed one such can and fed it to her baby son, causing him to overdose, the [[Special Victims Unit]] began investigating. When the detectives started questioning Gerard, he tried to deflect their investigation onto co-conspirator Derek Pfeiffer, whom he later had murdered. However, thanks to the [[Internal Affairs Bureau]], the SVU soon learned of corrupt cop Brad Kendall, who was also a part of the operation, and attempted to capture him to turn him against his boss. |
Gerard's methods for the operation were renting babies from female employees who were involved in the ring's operations, and then using them and the parents to smuggle the drugs back from Mexico in cans of baby formula to sell. When the maid of one of the employees unwittingly borrowed one such can and fed it to her baby son, causing him to overdose, the [[Special Victims Unit]] began investigating. When the detectives started questioning Gerard, he tried to deflect their investigation onto co-conspirator Derek Pfeiffer, whom he later had murdered. However, thanks to the [[Internal Affairs Bureau]], the SVU soon learned of corrupt cop Brad Kendall, who was also a part of the operation, and attempted to capture him to turn him against his boss. |
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| − | After Kendall died at the hands of Detective [[Elliot Stabler|Stabler]] in a suicide by cop, Gerard, realizing the operation was now too compromised to salvage, began |
+ | After Kendall died at the hands of Detective [[Elliot Stabler|Stabler]] in a suicide by cop, Gerard, realizing the operation was now too compromised to salvage, began murdering all of the employees involved in it, so as not to be identified as the leader. Following an invoice from victim Francesco Flores, the detectives found Gerard in a corporate daycare center, where he was about to lead another victim to her death. Upon seeing the detectives, he took her and her baby hostage and threatened to shoot them, but he was stopped and arrested by Detectives [[Olivia Benson|Benson]] and [[Odafin Tutuola|Tutuola]] and Captain [[Donald Cragen|Cragen]]. As he was being handcuffed, he attempted to bribe the former two, but Benson told him to save it for his lawyer. |
Gerard was eventually convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder, as well as drug smuggling charges, and was executed. ({{SVU}}: "[[Risk]]") |
Gerard was eventually convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder, as well as drug smuggling charges, and was executed. ({{SVU}}: "[[Risk]]") |
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Revision as of 01:38, 25 August 2020
Keith Gerard was a Wall Street firm manager moonlighting as the head of a drug operation in which he recruited other employees.
History
Gerard's methods for the operation were renting babies from female employees who were involved in the ring's operations, and then using them and the parents to smuggle the drugs back from Mexico in cans of baby formula to sell. When the maid of one of the employees unwittingly borrowed one such can and fed it to her baby son, causing him to overdose, the Special Victims Unit began investigating. When the detectives started questioning Gerard, he tried to deflect their investigation onto co-conspirator Derek Pfeiffer, whom he later had murdered. However, thanks to the Internal Affairs Bureau, the SVU soon learned of corrupt cop Brad Kendall, who was also a part of the operation, and attempted to capture him to turn him against his boss.
After Kendall died at the hands of Detective Stabler in a suicide by cop, Gerard, realizing the operation was now too compromised to salvage, began murdering all of the employees involved in it, so as not to be identified as the leader. Following an invoice from victim Francesco Flores, the detectives found Gerard in a corporate daycare center, where he was about to lead another victim to her death. Upon seeing the detectives, he took her and her baby hostage and threatened to shoot them, but he was stopped and arrested by Detectives Benson and Tutuola and Captain Cragen. As he was being handcuffed, he attempted to bribe the former two, but Benson told him to save it for his lawyer.
Gerard was eventually convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder, as well as drug smuggling charges, and was executed. (SVU: "Risk")
Known Victims
- 2002, New York:
- December 15, Manhattan: Jawan Hauser (overdosed on cocaine unknowingly taken by his mother; died in the hospital the next day)
- December 17, Manhattan: Derek Pfeiffer (strangled with a cable by Brad Kendall)
- December 18-20, Manhattan: Frank Barry (shot once in the back of the head)
- December 20:
- Staten Island: The Draper house killings:
- Laura Pfeiffer (Derek's wife; shot once in the head)
- Denise Draper (Laura's sister; shot once in the head)
- Tommy Draper (Denise's son; attempted; indirectly left for dead by murdering Laura and Denise)
- Dutch Kills, Queens: The Flores family
- Francesco Flores (father; shot once in the head)
- Blanca Flores (mother; shot once in the head)
- The unnamed daughter (attempted; indirectly left for dead by murdering her parents)
- Staten Island: The Draper house killings:
- December 21, Manhattan: An unnamed woman and her baby (both held hostage)